The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-07-14
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ADOPTED ny THE CRY COUNCIL


ADOPTED ny THE CRY COUNCIL
In tho Ordinance Governing the Hoard OF
Public wofks-Ths Adjourned Meeting Il
last Nlght--The ssmi.Monthlyf Ise.
ports Acted upon and Bills Paid. II
Tho adjourned meeting Of Council last
night was, contrary to expectations, fairly
well attended By menbera. II was thought
thst alter the tedious meeting Of the night
before the members would be 90 iatlsued
that they would not care to swelter in the
clty'a interest. They were slow in gather.
Ing and 1t was not until about 8 o'clock
that business commenced to hum from
then on till 10 o'clock q large amount OF
businesa was disposed Of. The members
Of both branches took things as comiorta.
Ibly as possible and lounged about in cool
undress. l 5i55# Il 4 .figg
The Second Branch did not come 70 lor.
|dert till $3.50 o'clock. On motion Of Mr..
Miller, Mr.. Gruae,i the absence OF Presi-
dent Gillilsnd, occupied the chair. Mr..
Cruise Ia q well-poasod parliamentarian
and rnshed matters through in a delight
lfnlly business.like manner. When, the
roll was called only twelve members re-
sponded to their names. " Sergeant Kill
leea wRs sent out after .abseateea, and In
about ten minutes enough had struggled
In to form quorum. During the evening
all the members, except Messrs. Bremen,
Davis, Garvin, Heaiy, Jaeger, Whyte and
President Gilliland, appeared. IS &
| THE y, r.w.' s'rErirloN. Il ry
i The first business taken up was that
presented by the Board Of Public Works.
1t reported having organized by electing
Mr.. Myles President and stated that Il
was the intention to setain the CLERK, Su-
perintendent and Engineer chosen by the
former Board. This report was approved.
The following communication was then
taken up: ~ - 1, 81 49,
WHEELING, VIVA, July 12, 1887.
AT G meeting OF the Board Of Public
Works held July II, 1887, 1t was on mo.
ton ordered that the following commu.
nication be transmitted to Council:
TO the Honorable Mayor !end Council: 5Ss
GESrLEMEx:-Ws beg to report to your
honorable body that upon thorough ex-
faminadon Of the ordinance appropriating
certain suma OF money to this Board for
certain work and the cost OF the work set
forth In said ordinance, we are Of opinion
tina. 1t will be impossible to do the work
without modifying and changing the ordi.
nance, AZ AZ =! fa-t' slt ,5
WHEREAS, The sum Of money sppropri-
ated Tor each separate part Of the work ia
Insufficient TO complete the work accord.
ing to the ordinance; and, ,} r. s 4. 3.
| WHEREAS, Said ordinance specifies that
any deficiency in the sums appropriated
shall be paid from the contingent fund"
Of the Board; and * n
i WHEREAS, It is necessary that said
Contingent fund.- be at the disposal Of
! the Board for the payment of necessary
: expenditures for cleaning and repairing
the streets, alleys, sewers, etc.; and
a WHEREAS, Said ordinance makes no
/ provision for any sewera or cur5ing;
:. therefore be 1t t a :;
i Resolved, That this Board communicate
with Council and ask that said ordinance
/ b. amended in so far as it relates to the
:, Board OF Public Works, 30 that the Board
can use its contingent fund" for ueces.
;sary cleaning and repairing OF streets,
, alleys, sewers, etc., and providing ior
necessary curbing and sewers along the
line Of Btreets 10 be paved, sEigs. "a 4
Resolved, That we recommend that such
ordinance be amended go as to read as
per ordinance submitted, which ordi-
nance we respectfully ask to be subati-
I tuted Tor that portion. OF the ordinance
applying to tho Board Of Public Works.
z u ff-s 4 ~ Respectfully,
BOARD OF PUBLIC w oRKs, 4
BY JAMES LANCASTER, Clerk.
!, az THE ORDINANCE PASSED. 3555s
| Tho accompanying ordinance was the
. leame as the one in force, known as the
Robettaon substitute, except that it con.
tanned clause to the effect that If there
should not DO sufficient money to com.
plete the improvements named in the or
dinance and ordered to be done, then the
Board should cease such work as soon as
the money was exhausted, until snch o
time % enough was appropriated to CON-
plete it. Isalso provided that the i'm
proyements / specified should include
isewera. The words "aRd as much more
as may be necessary" were added after
the amounts set aside tor, the completion
OF the various pieces Of work. "a
a short discussion followed. Mr.. Myles,
Of the Board Addressed the Branch point
ing out the changes indicated. BE said
: that the wards "and as much more as may
| be necessary" we're put in for the purpose
OF saving the contingent fund Of the Board
which has already been cut down to 81 900
or $1,000. He urged that more ought to
J be reserved for ntreet cleaning, contin-
3 gencies, etc. I He eaid that the seaaon was
now 30 far advanced and the river was at
lsuch q low stage that 1t was doubtful if tho
Board would be able to accomplish much
work. II Council persisted in its former
courae it was hardly worth while to have
J a Board, as it would be confined to merely
looking after the cleaning Of the streets.
Mr.. Allison was suspicious OF the new
!. ordinance and wanted 1t printed. A mo.
ton to: that effect was defeated. Col,
Caldwell believed that there had been q
: decided change in public sentiment and
thstit was now demanded by q large ma.
jority that South Main street, from TWEEN
tisth to Twenty.fourth street be paved.
Mr.. Harrell was inclined to charge treach.
cry somewhere, but after q talk with Col.
Caldwell he withdrew his opposition and
the ordinance waa paced. B y. .ss.,I
In tho First Branch Messrs. Tracy and
McGregor opposed tho ordinance, the Tor.
mer quite vigorously. a Mr.. Tracy claimed
that the words land rs much more,n' ETC.,
meant q great deal more than appeared on
the face Of the ordinance and wanted them
i stricken out. He claimed that as Presi.
dent Myles when member OF the Branch
had championed the Robertson substitute
he now ought to be willing to adminiaser
it's provisions. This Branch concurred
!. with tho Second and the Board now has
, the ordinance it wants and one under
I which there will be no trouble.
q 8 OTHER BOARD MATTERS. ts$
The joint bond and official oaths Of the
recently. elected members OF the Board OF
Public Works were; pre1ented, approved
u and axJaraA Slo4 ;s. flFt =, $50 4 sfiJ